Where does “picque” come from?

picque (Middle French) comes from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic pikōną, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

picque (Middle French): pick; lance

Definitions

  1. pick; lance

Ancestry of “picque”, step by step

picque traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French piquer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpiquerto pierce with the tip of a sword
2Vulgar Latinpiccareto puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce
3Frankishpikkōnto peck, strike
4Proto-Germanicpikōną—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

via Old French pic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpica sharp point or spike
2Vulgar Latinpiccussharp point; sharp point, peak; spike, pike
3Latinpīcuswoodpecker

Words derived from “picque”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pikōną →Every word from Frankish pikkōn →